5:10 I absolutely love the casual muzzle-flagging of the gun on his peer... The same peer also loaded the flint-lock out of sequence by adding powder to the muzzle, then charging the pan, then returning to the muzzle.
Who else is thinking that the employees at Battleship New Jersey must have a lot of fun on Halloween… dressing up as pirates and yelling phrases from the bridge at passers by?
Reminds me of the time I was crew on a local "character" ship and a local black powder club was aboard. The pieces they had were just a bit bigger and much louder. Nothing like the local USCG cutter firing salutes with her 5" guns but loud. They did a number of broadsides which was pretty cool and fast fire drills too. I remember the powder charges being wrapped in foil. Less chance of sparks in the barrel from smoldering powder bags. Lots of fun. The passengers were safely on the other side of the ship but I was on the firing side at my station just at the break of the poop so had a near perfect view. Fond memories.
Wow, pirates! The U.S. Navy hasn't had to deal with pirates since Tripoli in 1805. Now, 216 years later, Captain Jack Sparrow and his buddies are at it again!
@@seafodder6129 At least until all remaining 5in dual purpose guns that can be brought to bear...take aim...track them until just before full depression achieved... If they smart...give them a head start...then it's Whack a Mole time w/ the 16s...1 barrel @ a time.
Uh, my ship dealt with pirates in the middle east in 2005. Granted, we were a USCG ship, but we were a part of a Navy Expeditiary Strike Group. We boarded and took control back from pirates.
Not exactly, the poundage was based on the bore and iron round shot (and also varies if using french lbs) (firing a lighter or heavier shot isn't related to its poundage) but basically yes, it would be known as a long ton gun lets be honest.
@@scale_model_apprentice once you start using shells instead of round shot, or if you have something like a mortar or howitzer where the bore is more relevant because you’re using a bursting shot
Don't want to nit pick, but priming a cannon using a powder flask is an important safety breech when firing cannon. One spark or a bit of static electricity will turn it into a grenade in your hand...Those powder quills she mentioned are a much safer alternative. It's one of those things that aren't likely to happen, but no sense in tempting fate. You can't be too safe when firing black powder weapons. Overall, a really cool demo, enjoyed seeing all the weapons firing, esp. the blunderbuss and the cannon!
Also when she mentioned that in combat they might not wet swab the cannon is false it was a very important step to prevent the powder for the next shot igniting while you were loading the next ball
@@cheap4x434 that did happen a fair amount. What she stumbled over is they would skip the dry swab and the worming- if the cannon is hot enough it will evaporate the damp cloth water, but it will be enough to put our the embers. Sometimes all were skipped, water poured over the cannon to keep it cool... until it cracks open of course. Its just like british tankers sitting with a powder charge on their lap ready for the next shot- you aren't supposed to, but its a lot faster. When being second means you have a good chance of dying, even it blowing your hand off isn't so concerning. You have to clean the caked up bore after a few shots anyway though, depending on your windage and design of the firing mechanism. Also, you might start with several crew per cannon... If you think that's dangerous, try a furnace on a ship to get your cannon ball red hot- A 'hot shot' if you will. They weren't so popular- fire on a ship, hot balls that if dropped start a fire that can't be put out, they would mostly go off when the ball hit the powder, and, well, burned the prize.
Pirates! There's a reason why food has to remain on the mess decks--attracts vermin! Those pirates must have seen your small arms locker video where you revealed the location of your battleship rum!
Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late The cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder I'm an over-forty victim of fate Arriving too late, arriving too late
I've done a bit of smuggling, and I've run my share of grass I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast Never meant to last, never meant to last
It's called a "Frizen" and it covers the pan. It's what the flint in the "hand" or hammer hits to strike the sparks that ignites the priming powder that fire the main charge.
They would've absolutely used nails in a blunderbuss. Originally they used polished stones. The way to prevent damage is to envelope the nails in a cloth wadding. Same way modern shotguns use plastic sabots and shot cups to increase accuracy and velocity while reducing wear.
Yep, used nails, chains, birdshot, grapeshot, and yes silverware in a pinch. Tossed in with wadding, paper, silk, canvas, wool, etc. Yes they loved their guns, but your life was more valuable.
@@toddmetzger It's a popular myth that nails, chains, etc etc were used frequently in Blunderbuss style weapons. This is because of the flaired muzzle and the idea it was like that so any old rubbish could be loaded into it. The real reason the muzzle of a blunderbuss was falired was to make it easier to load on a moiving coach as the guard or on horse back - think pouring salt into a 3/4 inch unsteady opening then think doing the same with a 3 inch funnel.
@@alanslater4206 I think a lot of the "myth" comes from what happens when you run out of the stuff you are supposed to be shooting. One of NJ's contemporaries in WW2 came pretty close to shooting whatever could be stuff down the barrel during the Battle off Samar. What do you shoot when you used your AP ammo, your HE ammo, and even your starshells?
I vaguely recall seeing a movie many years ago that involved some sort of time travel and old timey pirates taking over a modern US Navy ship. I have no idea what the title was and I cannot remember enough of it to find the movie. Does anyone know what I’m talking about? I’d love to find that movie again.
If it's the movie I am thinking of it's not time travel but pirates who have been living in the bermuda triangle and find out that the family they capture from a boat is related to captain morgan, then a navy ship comes and the pirates board it. I think it's called Island.
@@LTPottenger The Island, 1980, with Michael Caine. I watched it last night, rented from Amazon. It was a Coast Guard Cutter that was raided and taken over by pirates 🏴☠️. It was a good watch, thanks for helping me find it!
In the interest of safety, please load the main charge before priming the pan. Also there seemed to be a lot of misfires for such a small number of firearms. Please consider some professional maintenance/inspection for your arsenal. Flintlocks should generally be much more reliable than this demo would imply.
Unfortunately, the fire sounds are very underwhelming without any sort of capping/wadding or fake projectile in the gun. It would actually crackle, and not just do whoosh. But well, safety first.
Yup. All you need to do is listen to some black powder being fired with real shot. No compression, no pop. They could have used soft wadding. Not going to travel very far. Not across the river certainly.
Exactly....flintlocks can go off half-cocked. There's a metal ridge and tab that is supposed to prevent this, but it can wear down the more the weapon is used. I was always told the flint hit the striker plate, not the pan. If your flint is hitting the pan, well you need to adjust your flint. The sparks will travel down the striker plate into the pan, igniting the primer powder, going through the hole setting off the main charge. Many riflemen carried a primer flask, with a finer powder than was used with the main charge. The finer powder was easier to ignite with the sparks. You could also keep the powder in the flask from getting as damp, as say your prepared paper charges. Those would get more wet every time you grabbed a new one.
ive fired alot of these, without any issues... id say them not packing the powder is probably one of the reasons theyre "miss" firing or theyre trying to be funny? who knows
Besides, it may provide that one, lucky shot that sinks the enemy cruiser when all the other guns missed, or couldn't depress far enough to hit a close-in target 🤯 🌌🔭
🚣 STEEL SHIPS & IRON MEN...... 🗡️ "Avast thar, matey! Heave to and prepare to be boarded!!" 🏴☠️ "Give us all your Dabloons and Bitcoins!" 💰 "Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum!!!" 🍼⚔️☠️ I had a chance to do something similar while doing Civil War reenacting on a Union 12 pounder cannon at the battle of La Glorietta Pass, Colorado 🔫 🌌🔭
It was a fun demonstration, but I cringed waaay too much. Gun safety people! There were way too many times where someone holding a gun pointed the barrel at someone else. It doesn’t matter if you know with 1000% certainty that the gun is empty, treat it like it’s loaded. I know I seem knit picky, but gun safety is crucial. I still enjoyed the presentation. I like the variety it adds to the channel.
@@LTPottenger Nope, .50, .52. .54, .58 and even .68 to match the muskets. They came out with smaller cap fired pistols much later but the smallest was .36
A little misleading. I was hoping your thumbnail was going to get into the time-honored tradition of crossing the Equator. It would've been much cooler. I'm sure there's lots of footage of the various crews of the battleship going through that great ceremony. You pride yourself on the extensive history on the New Jersey yet you show a Zzz zzz of a presentation of 1700 era guns. What's next, kittens walking the plank?
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Lol I loved the "yall wanna hear a bigger bang?!?" And just one dude was like
...yeh?
5:10 I absolutely love the casual muzzle-flagging of the gun on his peer... The same peer also loaded the flint-lock out of sequence by adding powder to the muzzle, then charging the pan, then returning to the muzzle.
Imagine USS New Jersey patrolling the Gulf of Aden with a Pirate crew.
RRRRRRRRRR
Who else is thinking that the employees at Battleship New Jersey must have a lot of fun on Halloween… dressing up as pirates and yelling phrases from the bridge at passers by?
Also, just perhaps, leaving that one particular small arms locker open for the night :D.
@@whyjnot420 nice pull.
These nice people do a nice job, well done!
Reminds me of the time I was crew on a local "character" ship and a local black powder club was aboard. The pieces they had were just a bit bigger and much louder. Nothing like the local USCG cutter firing salutes with her 5" guns but loud. They did a number of broadsides which was pretty cool and fast fire drills too. I remember the powder charges being wrapped in foil. Less chance of sparks in the barrel from smoldering powder bags. Lots of fun. The passengers were safely on the other side of the ship but I was on the firing side at my station just at the break of the poop so had a near perfect view. Fond memories.
lovely to see this episode coming right after the small arms locker episode... imagine having flintlocks in the arms locker!
Wow, pirates! The U.S. Navy hasn't had to deal with pirates since Tripoli in 1805. Now, 216 years later, Captain Jack Sparrow and his buddies are at it again!
Davey Jones never would've stood a chance...
Somalia has entered the chat...
@@seafodder6129 At least until all remaining 5in dual purpose guns that can be brought to bear...take aim...track them until just before full depression achieved...
If they smart...give them a head start...then it's Whack a Mole time w/ the 16s...1 barrel @ a time.
Uh, my ship dealt with pirates in the middle east in 2005. Granted, we were a USCG ship, but we were a part of a Navy Expeditiary Strike Group. We boarded and took control back from pirates.
🤔
That little cannon is so cute.
Men They are after our ice cream stand. Stand fast Marines.
Another great video from the battleship. Thanks
Thank You ,I am glad that you let them demonstrate there skills . Another fine example why I enjoy you're videos.
So a 16" would be known as a "27-hundred pounder"?
Not exactly, the poundage was based on the bore and iron round shot (and also varies if using french lbs) (firing a lighter or heavier shot isn't related to its poundage) but basically yes, it would be known as a long ton gun lets be honest.
I think it would be a 610 pound gun as that would be the weight of an iron ball the diameter of the bore
@@johnbeauvais3159 Good thinking, I wonder where the line is where you transition from poundage to inches?
@@scale_model_apprentice once you start using shells instead of round shot, or if you have something like a mortar or howitzer where the bore is more relevant because you’re using a bursting shot
Don't want to nit pick, but priming a cannon using a powder flask is an important safety breech when firing cannon. One spark or a bit of static electricity will turn it into a grenade in your hand...Those powder quills she mentioned are a much safer alternative. It's one of those things that aren't likely to happen, but no sense in tempting fate. You can't be too safe when firing black powder weapons. Overall, a really cool demo, enjoyed seeing all the weapons firing, esp. the blunderbuss and the cannon!
Also when she mentioned that in combat they might not wet swab the cannon is false it was a very important step to prevent the powder for the next shot igniting while you were loading the next ball
@@cheap4x434 that did happen a fair amount. What she stumbled over is they would skip the dry swab and the worming- if the cannon is hot enough it will evaporate the damp cloth water, but it will be enough to put our the embers. Sometimes all were skipped, water poured over the cannon to keep it cool... until it cracks open of course. Its just like british tankers sitting with a powder charge on their lap ready for the next shot- you aren't supposed to, but its a lot faster. When being second means you have a good chance of dying, even it blowing your hand off isn't so concerning. You have to clean the caked up bore after a few shots anyway though, depending on your windage and design of the firing mechanism. Also, you might start with several crew per cannon...
If you think that's dangerous, try a furnace on a ship to get your cannon ball red hot- A 'hot shot' if you will. They weren't so popular- fire on a ship, hot balls that if dropped start a fire that can't be put out, they would mostly go off when the ball hit the powder, and, well, burned the prize.
During the English Civil War wooden or horn flasks were used as ther are non conductive - they understood the risks of using metal even then.
My friend & I made a similar cannon, a one pounder. Well done.
I couldn’t stop humming Yankee Doodle while watching this
Very nice demonstration B Historical.
I wonder if this was the first time a Golden Age of Sail-period muzzleloading cannon was fired off a battleship.
BHistorical has been doing this event for 8 years now, so no!
@@bhistorical2213 That's rad! Cool presentation by the way.
Ryan you could have helped them out using the powder bag hoists poor pirates had to carry everything.
Pirates! is also the name of a highly recommendable PC game.
An absolute classic. Big fan.
I haven't played that one, but that was a Sid Meier game, wasn't it?
@@vbscript2 Yeah, one of his best. There's also a more modern version and it's not bad either.
That was fun. 😊😊😊
This is awesome, thanks for sharing. I hope you guys and all of them enjoyed the day.
Pirates! There's a reason why food has to remain on the mess decks--attracts vermin! Those pirates must have seen your small arms locker video where you revealed the location of your battleship rum!
Why is the rum gone?
Hail Davy Jones! Officer of the Deck, Hoist the Jolly Roger!
A pirate lady explaining guns....... I am in love... 💘
Settle down, try tinder
Yes I am a pirate, two hundred years too late
The cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder
I'm an over-forty victim of fate
Arriving too late, arriving too late
I've done a bit of smuggling, and I've run my share of grass
I made enough money to buy Miami, but I pissed it away so fast
Never meant to last, never meant to last
More like three hundred years…disavow!
...or you could just move to Somalia and join up there.
Next time: When they're about to fire cannon, fire one of the 16" guns and watch everyone jump. :)
I noticed they did their little demonstration on the old teak deck not on the new wood
Wonder if it was in case of stray embers from the BP, not that it’s a serious fire hazard but it could cause staining
@@johnbeauvais3159 , I expect they probably just didn't want to dirty up the nice new deck. Can't blame them for that
It's called a "Frizen" and it covers the pan. It's what the flint in the "hand" or hammer hits to strike the sparks that ignites the priming powder that fire the main charge.
They would've absolutely used nails in a blunderbuss. Originally they used polished stones. The way to prevent damage is to envelope the nails in a cloth wadding. Same way modern shotguns use plastic sabots and shot cups to increase accuracy and velocity while reducing wear.
Yep, used nails, chains, birdshot, grapeshot, and yes silverware in a pinch. Tossed in with wadding, paper, silk, canvas, wool, etc. Yes they loved their guns, but your life was more valuable.
@@toddmetzger It's a popular myth that nails, chains, etc etc were used frequently in Blunderbuss style weapons. This is because of the flaired muzzle and the idea it was like that so any old rubbish could be loaded into it. The real reason the muzzle of a blunderbuss was falired was to make it easier to load on a moiving coach as the guard or on horse back - think pouring salt into a 3/4 inch unsteady opening then think doing the same with a 3 inch funnel.
@@alanslater4206 I think a lot of the "myth" comes from what happens when you run out of the stuff you are supposed to be shooting. One of NJ's contemporaries in WW2 came pretty close to shooting whatever could be stuff down the barrel during the Battle off Samar. What do you shoot when you used your AP ammo, your HE ammo, and even your starshells?
Imagine a smooth bore with dimpled rounds
Oooooooh!
How about a 16” Blundebuss
What do we do with a drunken sailor? What do we do with a drunken sailor? What do we do with a drunken sailor early in the mornin?
So is anyone else seeing Mr. Smee and Bilbo Baggins here?
And it's not even "Talk Like a Pirate Day".
Arrrgh!
Fun !:-)
💜🙏⚡️
The most least intimidating band of pirates in history 🤙 good stuff nonetheless 👍
Operations Katie , special ammo and bunker for storage ?
i loved it. Very amateur hour but shows the guns, costumes, and process of early firearms.
Not an expert, but did their best.
Master and Commander on the NJ next?
Aaarrrrr, prepare to repel boarders matey!!
I vaguely recall seeing a movie many years ago that involved some sort of time travel and old timey pirates taking over a modern US Navy ship. I have no idea what the title was and I cannot remember enough of it to find the movie. Does anyone know what I’m talking about? I’d love to find that movie again.
If it's the movie I am thinking of it's not time travel but pirates who have been living in the bermuda triangle and find out that the family they capture from a boat is related to captain morgan, then a navy ship comes and the pirates board it. I think it's called Island.
@@LTPottenger That sounds right. Hopefully I can find it online. Thanks!
@@LTPottenger The Island, 1980, with Michael Caine. I watched it last night, rented from Amazon. It was a Coast Guard Cutter that was raided and taken over by pirates 🏴☠️. It was a good watch, thanks for helping me find it!
@@Colonel_Obvious Didn't think of it for years, thanks for reminding me!
6:30 and everyone loves a beautiful butt! conversely, almost no one likes a moist pirate ship.
that was cool!
You should see Michiel de Ruyter in action on his 'Raid on Chatham'
"All good stories involve pirates"
I was trying to wet sponge my piece at home and it just wasnt working the same way.
A yes, a "small brass prick" is what you can end up with if you don't handle your powder properly.
Arrrrr matey!
In the interest of safety, please load the main charge before priming the pan. Also there seemed to be a lot of misfires for such a small number of firearms. Please consider some professional maintenance/inspection for your arsenal. Flintlocks should generally be much more reliable than this demo would imply.
Unfortunately, the fire sounds are very underwhelming without any sort of capping/wadding or fake projectile in the gun.
It would actually crackle, and not just do whoosh. But well, safety first.
You can actually feel a greater concussion from black powder small arms than a smokeless rifle shot.
Yup. All you need to do is listen to some black powder being fired with real shot. No compression, no pop. They could have used soft wadding. Not going to travel very far. Not across the river certainly.
I think I heard Jake the Viking in the background saying misfire twice
Cool show, but they need some work on trigger and muzzle discipline!
Yes .... I was nervous from afar on how they were waving the weapons around and pointing aimlessly. Not good safety practice with weapons.
Exactly....flintlocks can go off half-cocked. There's a metal ridge and tab that is supposed to prevent this, but it can wear down the more the weapon is used. I was always told the flint hit the striker plate, not the pan. If your flint is hitting the pan, well you need to adjust your flint. The sparks will travel down the striker plate into the pan, igniting the primer powder, going through the hole setting off the main charge. Many riflemen carried a primer flask, with a finer powder than was used with the main charge. The finer powder was easier to ignite with the sparks. You could also keep the powder in the flask from getting as damp, as say your prepared paper charges. Those would get more wet every time you grabbed a new one.
Cool
Check out those buccaneers.
Nobody:
Absolutely nobody:
The Bismarck’s crew:
The seas be a hard mistress
cool
ive fired alot of these, without any issues... id say them not packing the powder is probably one of the reasons theyre "miss" firing or theyre trying to be funny? who knows
Isn’t this the plot for Under Seige?
Just need Gary Busey dressed as a woman.
Really now. They're bringing their own cannons onto one of the biggest battleships that ever existed? ;)
You can never have enough things that go "Bang" on a Battleship. :-)
Besides, it may provide that one, lucky shot that sinks the enemy cruiser when all the other guns missed, or couldn't depress far enough to hit a close-in target 🤯
🌌🔭
What did Jeremy Clarkson do to get reduced to piracy?
Well, he did pinch a guy because he didn't get a sandwich.
HAMMOOOOOOOND!!!!
🚣 STEEL SHIPS & IRON MEN......
🗡️ "Avast thar, matey! Heave to and prepare to be boarded!!" 🏴☠️
"Give us all your Dabloons and Bitcoins!" 💰
"Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum!!!" 🍼⚔️☠️
I had a chance to do something similar while doing Civil War reenacting on a Union 12 pounder cannon at the battle of La Glorietta Pass, Colorado 🔫
🌌🔭
drives me nuts to see people wave muzzles around with no concern
Ryan didn't have to walk the plank, and the Pirates didn't hoist a Pirate flag....
Don’t go in the fog!
I thought for sure I would hear at least a small amount of pirate speak 💔
This was a historical show, and pirates didn't speak like in Hollywood!
Under Siege.
6th, 15 June 2022
Lots of armchair historical weapon experts in the comments lol
... why? no!
BB = black beard
It would've been known as a first rate ship of the line (of battle) then. Try turning that into an initialism.
Heads up Shipmate This was just made about the NJ today. One of the best Military history channels here.
/watch?v=Q9lkA3voSRQ
It was a fun demonstration, but I cringed waaay too much. Gun safety people! There were way too many times where someone holding a gun pointed the barrel at someone else. It doesn’t matter if you know with 1000% certainty that the gun is empty, treat it like it’s loaded. I know I seem knit picky, but gun safety is crucial. I still enjoyed the presentation. I like the variety it adds to the channel.
Terminology also got me too...but some could also just be reduction to the most basic terms for the laymen in the audience.
Gun safety, yes! They were amateurish in that, well in everything but it’s still fun.
I'm hoping I won't fall asleep 😴 when you guys are on
ya i follow behistorical, they do better at Signal Corps
Rrrr
15.2 cal. she knows nothing about guns
It might be .50 cal maybe .45.
@@chrisgentry7242 She read it wrong it was a .52. I hope they were talking to kids.
52 caliber is too big for a pocket pistol
@@LTPottenger Nope, .50, .52. .54, .58 and even .68 to match the muskets. They came out with smaller cap fired pistols much later but the smallest was .36
@Joe Abondolo IKR they were flagging everyone.
A little misleading. I was hoping your thumbnail was going to get into the time-honored tradition of crossing the Equator. It would've been much cooler. I'm sure there's lots of footage of the various crews of the battleship going through that great ceremony. You pride yourself on the extensive history on the New Jersey yet you show a Zzz zzz of a presentation of 1700 era guns. What's next, kittens walking the plank?